Button.



P. SCHNEIDER.

BUTON.

APPLICATION may MAY 12, 1916.

1925199270 Patented Ja. 1,1918.

PHILIP? SCHNEIDER, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BUTTON. 1

Specification of Lettersv Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed May 12, 1916. Serial No. 97,039.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PHILIPP SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is aspecification containing a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in buttons and is especiallydirected to the separable element variety whereby it may be removed froma garment for purposes of laundrying, cleaning and the like.

The obj ect of my invention is to construct a buttonof simpleinexpensive and neat design which may be readily placed iny position foruse and removedV for purposes of laundering, cleaning and the like andwhich may be employed either with a loop which I have designed as acompanion piece for the button per se or a thread or cloth looppermanently secured to the garment.

With the above and other objects which lwill be hereinafter made clear,my invention consists in the novel details of construction andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully, clearly and conciselyset forth in myspeciiication, specifically designated in my claims andillustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aninside face view or inverted plan of the head or body of my improvedbutton;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the lockingtongue employed in connection with thehead or body of the button;

Fig. 3 is a plan of a loop which may be detachably secured to a garmentemployed in connection with the button proper;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation of the head or body of thebutton taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an edge view of the tongue element of the button;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the loop employed in connection with thebutton proper;

Fig. 7 is an inside face View or inverted plan of the head or body ofthe button with the spring tongue shown in place therein in an openposition ready to be inserted into the loop secured to a garment;

Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. 7 showing the tongue moved to a lockingposition;

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line 9 9 of Fig.7 showing the tongue in a position to be inserted through a loop securedto a garment; and

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9 taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 8showing the tongue in a locked position and a loopl arranged to besecured to a garment held by said tongue. v v

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 11 designates thebody portion or head of my improved button and which body portion orhead as shown is of substantially disk shape, but I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to such a shape as I contemplate themaking of buttons in an infinite variety of ornatedesigns and colorswhose general contours may be in infinite variety, such as rectangular,diamond, oval, and otherwise as desired and as fashion dictates. y

Upstanding from the body 11 there is an annular flange 12 overhangingthe body of `the button which flange'has free ends which are spacedapart for a reason hereinafter eX- plained. While my vdrawing shows thisliange as being an integral part of the buttonI do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to such a structure as I now consider thatsuch a flange` constructed as a separate element and secured to thebutton proper lies within the scope of my invention.

The numeral 13 designates a tongue which is arranged to be extendeddiametrically of the button proper and is preferably normally sprung sothat its free end lies in a plane removed from the plane of the body ofthe button proper. I prefer to construct such a tongue of wire andextend the wire from the body of the tongue to form on either side ofthe tongue segmental wings 14 whose free ends are brought into proximitywith the tongue and said wings are arranged to be sprung into positionwithin the overhanging flange 12 of the button and are preferablyarranged to be sprung outwardly in order to frictionally engage theiange and thus tend to prevent the rotation of the tongue and its wingsrelative to the button, yet be capable of ready manual rotation.

The numeral 15 designates a loop, the body of which is substantiallyU-shaped having at itsyfree ends the heads 16. Such a loop is designedto be inserted through an opening such as a button hole in a garment,the heads 16 limiting the insertion and preventing complete extensionthrough the opening, button hole, through the garment,

and the body 15 vthereof extendsasufcient" distance beyond the garmentto permit'the body 15 to be engaged between the vtongue 13.,

and the body of the button 11, it being understood that the free end ofthe tongue oocupies a position between the ends of theM flangegas shown.indFigyZ at the-.timevthe loop is placed as just described. ln order tolock the body 15 of the loop to thetonguel and bodyof the button, theJr'ree end of the tongue is sprung tothe plane or" thebodyo'f the`button as shown in F ig. lOfand'the'nro'- tated so that the freeend ofthe tongue will beA brought to a position beneath 'the overhangingflange 12 as shown in F ig. 10there' by holding the loop 15 againstlremoval from the button proper. ln order to'permit a freedom ofmovement between :the button` propenand the loop 15 and to provideclearancefor a secondseetion of the garment containing a second buttonhole,yl provide the tongue 13 with anoff'set portionor hump 17 intowhich theloop 15 is Abrought when the button isin actual service.

It is obvious from such a structureY that l have .provided at aminimumof cost, a but# tone-,Which may be readily placed in 4position for use,and-in this connection -l wish it to be understood that the use referredto cov-` ers' the employment of my button in `oonnection with themetallic Vloopl shown andv described as well las a thread, cloth orother' similar loopsecured `permanently to a garment. vlin the placingof the button itself,

the tongue-referredto should bein a posi# tion relative tothe ends ofthe flange on the buttonpermittmg its bemgfreey at 'its` end so that theV-loop may be extended 'between thelange ends and o-ver ythe tongue,after which the tongue andits securing 'element in the ange of thebutton such as the' wings may .be lturned so that the free end of .the

tongue will be depressed and held under theflange thus Vholding-,theloop against 're-A moval from the button.

l contemplate the use .of my buttonin connectiony with 7^ all kinds.'garments and believe that it will be particularly Valuable`in.,lzeonn'ection`l with'lwash goods wherein the buttons are removablefor purposes of wash U ing as well as use in connection with theordinary apparel collars such as linen col- Having thus described myinvention what I claim as`newtherein and desire to secure byLetters-Patent of the United- States, therefore is:

1.V A butto-n Vv; 11avi1ig "'a loo'p j en'gaging tongue', 'normallysprung from the plane of' and'lnov'able` withl relatioi'iy to -thebodyofthel F button' andan element, having spaced" ends on the button lying inythe path' of' movement of said tongue"for the retentiontof'ksaid tonguein thepla'ne of the' bodyol: the Vbutton. v 2. In: a button' a'headhaving'an annularangeprovi'ded" lwith spaced "ends, an ele Inent"rotatably secured 'to j the head, and 'a tongue carriedA -by "Saidelement arranged to be secured a'gain's'trnovementby saiidftlange.

Sulna' button a head comprising anannular` flange having spacedfends,an^elef ment haVmgsegmental lmargins for ,posi

tioningwithin said'flange ywhereby the element vmay be rotatably fanddetachablyseopies of this patentmay be obtained for five centscach,'ibyactdressngthe Commissioner-f Patents Wa shi-ngton, 13.5 C1.

